Seasonal variation of speed, agility and power performance in elite female soccer players: effect of functional fitness

Stepinski, Miłosz; Saygın, Özcan; Zwierko, Teresa

doi:10.16926/par.2020.08.03

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“…Soccer is a high-intensity intermittent sport that recruits different energetic systems based on the intermittence of the match [ 1 , 2 ]. Among other factors, soccer performance requires technical skills, tactical awareness, and physical fitness [ 1 , 3 ]. In women’s soccer, players may cover 9–12 km in total in a single match, with 1.5–2.5 km covered during high-intensity runs [ 4 , 5 , 6 ].…”

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“…For example, body fat is usually lower after the preseason training period than at the start of the preseason [ 10 , 12 ]. Additionally, significant changes occur in the biomarkers of physiological stress [ 1 , 13 ]. Considering the physical fitness of female soccer players, it was found that countermovement jump scores seem to improve during the season [ 1 ].…”

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Associations between Physical Status and Training Load in Women Soccer Players

Gonçalves

Clemente

Barrera

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to analyze the variations of fitness status, as well as test the relationships between accumulated training load and fitness changes in women soccer players. This study followed an observational analytic cohort design. Observations were conducted over 23 consecutive weeks (from the preseason to the midseason). Twenty-two women soccer players from the same first Portuguese league team (22.7 ± 5.21 years old) took part in the study. The fitness assessment included anthropometry, hip adductor and abductor strength, vertical jump, change of direction, linear speed, repeated sprint ability, and the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test. The training load was monitored daily using session rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE). A one-way repeated ANOVA revealed no significant differences for any of the variables analyzed across the three moments of fitness assessments (p > 0.05). The t-test also revealed no differences in the training load across the moments of the season (t = 1.216; p = 0.235). No significant correlations were found between fitness levels and accumulated training load (range: r = 0.023 to −0.447; p > 0.05). This study revealed no differences in the fitness status during the analyzed season, and the fitness status had no significant relationship with accumulated training load.

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Associations between Physical Status and Training Load in Women Soccer Players

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Clemente

Barrera

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“…Thus, players must maintain a desired level of running intensity and recover rapidly to perform to the best of their ability [3,4]. The literature has demonstrated that women soccer players may cover 9 to 11 km per match while spending 99 ± 8.3 m•min −1 performing low-speed running and 9.7 ± 3.7 m•min −1 performing high-speed running [2,[5][6][7][8].…”

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“…Usually, such efforts occur during decisive moments in a match [7], though they represent only 8% to 12% of the total distance covered in a typical match [10]. Additionally, female players were found to perform between 70 and 190 high-intensity runs (>19.8 km•h −1 ) during a match [5,10,11], covering between 210 and 520 m [6,7,12,13].…”

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Relationships between Fitness Status and Match Running Performance in Adult Women Soccer Players: A Cohort Study

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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was twofold: (i) to analyze the relationships between fitness status (repeated-sprint ability (RSA), aerobic performance, vertical height jump, and hip adductor and abductor strength) and match running performance in adult women soccer players and (ii) to explain variations in standardized total distance, HSR, and sprinting distances based on players’ fitness status. Materials and Methods: The study followed a cohort design. Twenty-two Portuguese women soccer players competing at the first-league level were monitored for 22 weeks. These players were tested three times during the cohort period. The measured parameters included isometric strength (hip adductor and abductor), vertical jump (squat and countermovement jump), linear sprint (10 and 30 m), change-of-direction (COD), repeated sprints (6 × 35 m), and intermittent endurance (Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1). Data were also collected for several match running performance indicators (total distance covered and distance at different speed zones, accelerations/decelerations, maximum sprinting speed, and number of sprints) in 10 matches during the cohort. Results: Maximal linear sprint bouts presented large to very large correlations with explosive match-play actions (accelerations, decelerations, and sprint occurrences; r = −0.80 to −0.61). In addition, jump modalities and COD ability significantly predicted, respectively, in-game high-intensity accelerations (r = 0.69 to 0.75; R2 = 25%) and decelerations (r = −0.78 to −0.50; R2 = 23–24%). Furthermore, COD had significant explanatory power related to match running performance variance regardless of whether the testing and match performance outcomes were computed a few or several days apart. Conclusion: The present investigation can help conditioning professionals working with senior women soccer players to prescribe effective fitness tests to improve their forecasts of locomotor performance.

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Evolution of determinant factors of maximal sprinting and repeated sprint ability in women soccer players

Férnandez

García-Taibo

Vila

et al. 2022

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The present study aimed to determine the influence of force–power–velocity, vertical and horizontal jumps, and repeated sprint ability on the sprinting performance of adult women soccer players. Eighteen women soccer players from one team participating in the first female national Spanish soccer league were analyzed. Fitness assessments were performed twice in a period of three months. The following assessments were made to reach the aim of the study: (1) anthropometric measures, (2) CMJ (0%, 20% and 40%), (3) hop test (dominant and nondominant leg), (4) linear sprinting at 30 m and (5) RSA test. The main evidence of this study revealed the meaningful contribution of lower-limb power (vertical and horizontal jump), maximal sprint and peak power on sprinting time performance, while stride frequency was meaningfully explained by vertical jump and maximal sprinting. In fact, positive moderate and large correlations were found between Time and CMJ, CMJ 20%, CMJ 40%, Hop Test Dominant and Non-dominant, and Pmax and MS of Force–Power–Velocity (r = − 0.73, p = 0.001; r = − 0.68, p = 0.002; r = − 0.51, p = 0.03; r = − 0.64, p = 0.004; r = − 0.57, p = 0.013; r = − 0.78, p = 0.001, and r = − 0.83, p = 0.001, respectively). In sum, peak power, maximal speed, and lower-limb power (in vertical and horizontal jumps) were significant determinants of sprinting performance (time), while vertical jump was the determinant of stride frequency. In addition, our findings suggest that potentiation and explosive vertical power could be the emphasis for sustaining the stride frequency of women soccer players, while sprinting performance should be supported by strong acceleration and maximal velocity sustained by both vertical and horizontal force and concentric and eccentric strength and power.

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Seasonal variation of speed, agility and power performance in elite female soccer players: effect of functional fitness

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Associations between Physical Status and Training Load in Women Soccer Players

Associations between Physical Status and Training Load in Women Soccer Players

Relationships between Fitness Status and Match Running Performance in Adult Women Soccer Players: A Cohort Study

Evolution of determinant factors of maximal sprinting and repeated sprint ability in women soccer players

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